"Pinning the Hat" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1898)
Lithograph from five stones in black, orange, salmon, yellow and green on ivory laid paper.
Commentary
Commentary
"Pinning the Hat" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1898) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together.
Because the work is spatial, changes in viewpoint and light can noticeably alter its emotional impact.
Themes to notice include lithograph.
This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the artist behind this work.
A useful anchor for reading the piece: Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
printed by Auguste Clot (French, 1858-1936).
The work is cataloged within a France cultural context.
How to look at this work:
It is cataloged as lithograph, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object.
Its medium (Lithograph from five stones in black, orange, salmon, yellow and green on ivory laid paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances.
Its listed dimensions (76.9 × 62.5 cm (30 5/16 × 24 5/8 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person.
Subject cues from the catalog include lithograph.
Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27731
Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
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